He decides to take his Meet to the American Continent [168]
CHAPTER X
NAVAL OPERATIONS PRECEDING AND DETERMINING THE FALL OF YORKTOWN. CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS
1781
Summary of Land Operations in Virginia early in 1781 [169]
Portsmouth Occupied [170]
A French Squadron from Newport, and a British from Gardiner's Bay, proceed to the Scene [170]
They meet off the Chesapeake [171]
Action between Arbuthnot and des Touches, March 16, 1781 [171]
The Advantage rests with the French, but they return to Newport. Arbuthnot enters the Chesapeake [174]
Cornwallis reaches Petersburg, Virginia, May 20 [175]